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High school students' art works exhibited at Cookeville Art Studio

One of the three dimensional works created by a high schooler is on display at the Cookeville Art Studio and Gallery. The Gallery's address is 186A South Walnut Avenue.

Paige Stanage | Herald Citizen

Pencil drawings created by high school students are on display at the Cookeville Art Studio and Gallery. The Gallery is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday noon to 4 p.m.

Paige Stanage | Herald-Citizen

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Friday, March 2, 2018 11:35 am

This year the Reba Bacon Art Competition is celebrating its 40 year anniversary, and word of this high school art competition has spread throughout Tennessee.

Bonnie Masters, coordinator for the Reba Bacon Art Competition, said students from 11 high schools have submitted works for the competition, including a high school in Monroe County.

“We didn’t even know where Monroe County was. We had to Google it,” Masters said.

The competition has nine categories and each category has four winners. Categories include acrylic/oil, charcoal, color pencil, clay, pastels, pencil, pen and ink, three-dimensional and water color. First place winners will receive $75; second place, $50; third-place, $30; and honorable mentions will receive $20.

Judges are students with Tennessee Tech’s Art Education Program.

Reception Day is 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 4 at the Cookeville Art Studio and Gallery. Masters said admission is free and everyone is welcome.

The works will be on display for the public until March 24.

The competition began by Reba Bacon in 1978. Bacon was the originator of the Cumberland Art Society, which was founded in 1961, and taught elementary education at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (now Tennessee Tech University) for more than twenty years.

“She was bound and determined to create art for her students and have someplace to display it (art),” Masters said.